"Telling me to leave?" chirped Matthias in displeasure. "For what, so you can be alone with Isabelle and abuse her again?""Matthias!" I snapped at him as he smiled mockingly, provokingly at Frederick. "Don't make a scene here! Do you want to add to my list of troubles? I'm already a murder suspect here. And don't let them suspect me even more because you're here."My words succeeded in making both of their anger subside. However, Frederick was still at his original intention. He wasn't afraid of Matthias and blatantly pulled my hand to make me fall into his arms."Isabelle," he whispered in my ear, but his eyes were fixed on Matthias as if he wanted to turn the heat up on him. "How about we go to my chamber now? There's a lot I want to discuss with you and certainly not in front of this insolent Alpha."I sucked in my breath deeply at the audacity of Frederick stoking the flames of discord in front of his best friend. Everyone knew Matthias was a temperamental Alpha. Provoking a comm
"You don't have to be afraid. I'm here, Isabelle," he said with tenderness. Although shrouded in doubt, he slowly pulled my head to rest on his chest.He caressed my long blonde strands lovingly. Slowly, my breath, which had been labored, began to feel regular. The tremors I felt were thanks to the shadow of Estella's death."Thank you," I said sincerely. After feeling better, we started talking about what had been interrupted earlier.About Estella trying to kill Arthur because she found out about her fake pregnancy."My speculation is that Estella will kill the other princes and leave only Matthias," I said with confidence. "She will kill everyone who stands in the way of Matthias becoming king.""Then she'll blame everything she does on you," he continued. His eyes didn't blink at me, his lips biting in a sign of suppressed emotion.I nodded my head in agreement with his opinion. "And after that, she'll kill me. At least she'll wait for me to give birth first and then kill me.""Ha
"Isabelle ..." his voice sounded weak, even his steps were so unsteady as if he was walking on water.With a body full of sweat, he forced himself to walk to me. My own legs here were immobilised, my body stiff and numb after being exposed to so many pheromones from him.'No way, this can't happen again. I don't want this to happen a second time!' I growled inwardly. This situation was very similar to what had happened that night when Matthias had fucked me.I had managed to get away from him so far, and now he was going to repeat the same thing? I won't let him!"Matthias ..." I called out to him, my voice not much better than his. My breathing was unrecognisable as my body was difficult to move."You wait here, I'll call Estella for you," I said with difficulty."For what?" he retorted, denying my words. "My mating period came because of you, it was my body's reaction to your scent. You should be responsible and not Estella.""Are you crazy!? I'm not your mate!" I snapped angrily. "
"You're ... Pregnant with my child?" his voice caught on his lips, not expecting what I had just revealed in front of him.My fingers still tied him breath around his neck, though not as firmly as before. He remained silent as if he was letting me take his life. However, not with his gaze.His dark irises gripped my defences magically. Slowly, I began to feel the dominance of an Alpha. I just realised, I don't know since when this room was full and thick with his pheromones."Ugh." I complained uncomfortably. My body was exposed to too much of his pheromones to feel so hot and ... wet.This was my body's highest reaction when dealing with an alpha in his mating period. And this is not good news. When I couldn't control my body, it would open up the opportunity for Matthias to devour me whole."Stop that pheromone! Do you want us to have sex here!?" I snapped harshly. Instead of choking his neck, I pulled his hand and made him come closer. To know how serious I was this time."I don't
"Estella may be evil, but she was once the only person who wasn't afraid to get close to me despite my nature that everyone hated," he said with a downcast face."She was the only friend I had when everyone else shunned me," he continued in a voice that sounded desperate. "My mother was an Omega who betrayed her family. At that time, Estella came and made me forget my mother's cruelty. She was all I had at that time."Gradually, this room no longer felt claustrophobic from the overflow of his pheromones. My breathing began to regulate as my consciousness was restored thanks to that. The more clearly I realised, the more clearly I saw how Matthias looked so messed up with his puffy face."So ... You knew about Estella's affair all along?" I asked him between his sobs.He didn't answer, but his silence was more than enough to make me feel thrown into his memories and understand everything.Love can indeed make a person blind. Matthias was an example. Just when I thought my confession wo
"Then do you intend to raise the baby alone?" he asked to me. He stepped closer and closer to me as if he wanted to grab my hand, if I didn't step back and avoid his first."Are you capable of raising that baby alone?" he continued. "You're an Omega, and you'll be under a lot of pressure from other Alphas. Don't you need my protection the most?"Protection, he said? How ridiculous.I replied to his nonsense with a mocking smile and my eyebrows furrowed in displeasure."Protection? Can you protect me, Matthias?" I asked, cornering him again. "You forgot about me all this time, and chose Estella over me. Now that you know I'm pregnant with your child, can you forget about her? Can you choose between the two of us?"And he fell silent.I smiled in front of him knowing that he couldn't answer me."Look how cowardly you are," I said sarcastically. "You already know that Estella lied to you, and that I'm pregnant with your child. But you still can't bring yourself to choose me over her. And
"Isabelle. After seeing Matthias constantly harassing you, I intend to take you away from here right now," Frederick whispered to me so that his voice would not be heard by anyone.I tilted my face slightly to see his tense expression. "Are you sure this isn't too hasty? What if you're captured by another prince?"A shake of his head told me that I didn't need to worry about that. "I have other ideas. The most important thing now is how I can get you out of this palace."He whispered again, "I have a feeling you are no longer safe here. Sooner or later, Matthias will find out about your pregnancy. And I will not let that happen."My tongue was too loose to answer his question. He still doesn't know that I've already spilled the beans about my pregnancy in front of Matthias.Which if I ran away now, would only raise his suspicion level. Apparently, I couldn't keep quiet this time."I'm sorry, Frederick. But I have to postpone our departure for a few days," I whispered, with my brain in
Her hand pulled me in an obvious way like she was deliberately trying to make my body lose balance. Luckily, I didn't fall down and quickly looked for a handle. Because what Anastasia was going to do to me after this was worse than I could have ever expected."The servants contacted me after Arthur was injured and fell into a coma," she said.Her breathing was ragged with the overwhelming emotion she was trying to suppress. "They said it was you who had stabbed him. After taking away all the happiness I had, you now want to take Arthur out of my life!?"/slap!/Her hand came up and slapped me hard across the face. I was used to getting slapped when we were at the orphanage. But this was the first time she slapped me with sobs.It was also the first time I witnessed her crying so sadly. No doubt the tears that ran down her cheeks made my emotions dissolve. Regardless of me not being the actual perpetrator of arthur's stabbing."Tell me, what do you want from us!?" she screamed. More pr